Britain's Prime Minister Brown Feeling Left Out of Sarkozy, Merkel, Bush Lovefest?

First Nicolas Sarkozy, the new President of France declares in a joint address to Congress that "America can count on France."

Two days later the German Chancellor Angela Merkel drops in at President Bush's ranch for a sleepover.

So perhaps the British Prime Minister wanted to join in by offering this:

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) delivers his speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall in central London, 12 November 2007. TOBY MELVILLE/AFP/Getty Images

Lord Mayor's Banquet Speech
10 Downing Street transcript
November 12, 2007

..."It is no secret that I am a life long admirer of America. I have no truck with anti-Americanism in Britain or elsewhere in Europe and I believe that our ties with America - founded on values we share - constitute our most important bilateral relationship. And it is good for Britain, for Europe and for the wider world that today France and Germany and the European Union are building stronger relationships with America."

And echoing what Sarkozy and Merkel told President Bush about Iran, Prime Minister Brown said "Iran has a choice - confrontation with the international community leading to a tightening of sanctions or, if it changes its approach and ends support for terrorism, a transformed relationship with the world."

Meanwhile, both Bill and Hillary Clinton continue to insist that America's standing in the world has been damaged by President Bush and only THEY can restore it!

Yeah, that's what we need to restore America's image: more Europeans making jokes about a stain on a blue dress!